GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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distendextend
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
squeamisheasily nauseated : queasy
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
diademcrown
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn